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Category Archives: Meme

Music Monday – “For here am I sitting in a tin can/Far above the world/Planet Earth is blue/And there’s nothing I can do”

Canadian astronaut, Col. Chris Hadfield’s final message from the International Space Station before returning to earth after five months in space is quite fitting (and has already gone viral like so much of the other content he’s provided.  One great example - a geography teacher at a Nova Scotia Community College created a cool Google Maps mash-up which [...]

Posted 13 May 2013 § Canada § Internet § Mobile § MusicMonday § Photo § Technology § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – 99 Life Hacks To Make Your Life Easier

Lots of cool ideas on this list.

Posted 03 May 2013 § List § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Dying Man’s Wish – Leave $500 Tip on a Pizza Order

I’m not sure if this fits as a May Day story or not but I like the sentiment – people who do tough jobs for very little reward sometimes deserve to be surprised with some over-the-top generosity (although there’s also a flip side argument that if we paid decent wages to our servers, tipping wouldn’t [...]

Posted 01 May 2013 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Randomness § Sappy § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

The Funniest Videos on YouTube

Shea and I are having a dress rehearsal for the baby’s arrival (it’s not coming but showed a couple signs it might be so five hours after coming to the hospital to get checked over, we sit awaiting test results.). Shea’s resting so I’m surfing around and came across an /r/askreddit question about the funniest [...]

Posted 10 April 2013 § Humour § Randomness § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Share Some Unique/Insightful Ways You’ve Heard A Child Verbalize Something That’s Become Part of Your Own Vocabulary

Pace’s portmanteau word “ness” is one of the most upvoted comments on this Reddit question although all of the answers are great (with that said, I’m glad it wasn’t my kid who liked to say “cockporn” instead of “popcorn”!)

Posted 05 April 2013 § Baby § Family § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Happy Yeaster: It Has Risen!

Perhaps my favourite thing about the major Christian holidays is it spurs atheists and other non-believers to great heights of humour…

Posted 31 March 2013 § Humour § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Mitt Romney’s Damning “47 Per Cent” Video and the New Politics of Privacy

In a world where smart phones and other recording devices are ubiquitous (and increasingly undetectable), when will politicians (and political advisors) realise that everything they say (even in semi-private and private) can and will be recorded? Probably never…

Posted 14 March 2013 § Censorship § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Beards Keep You Young, Healthy & Handsome Says Science #skndpldr

As we head into the first day of the Sask NDP Leadership Convention, I thought I’d post a fun article (h/t to GG) on behalf of the members of Team Meili, most of whom who are of the Y chromosome persuasion, will be sporting beards of varying degrees of length and lushness this weekend. Very [...]

Posted 08 March 2013 § Humour § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

.@ryanmeili Endorsed For #skndpldr By Well-known Member of Green Party ;-)

No word on who Chewy is supporting…

Posted 05 March 2013 § Humour § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – 2012 in Four Minutes

I’m not sure whether to be proud or sad that I caught the vast majority of the references in this video…  (If you prefer text links, this one has many of the same memes in the video.  And here’s a summary of the year from a Canadian perspective.)

Posted 04 January 2013 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § MemoryLane § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Sports § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,